Richard Thomas

My research aims to define the chemical behaviour of volatiles, in particular, the halogens and sulphur, in silicate melts. In order to understand how volatiles influences the properties of a melt, the fluids they exsolve and the glasses they form, a detailed understanding of the underlying thermodynamic properties is vital. We attempt to do this by creating fugacity buffers and performing experiments with silicate glasses at high temperatures and pressures.

                                                                           I am supervised by Bernard Wood, and part of the experimental petrology group.